18th Century Kit Kat Balustroid Wine Glass c.1740

Antique 18th Century 'kit kat' Balustroid wine glass. It has a drawn trumpet bowl and stem, the stem having an air tear above an inverted baluster knop. Sits on a conical foot. Date & Origin:- England, c.1740 Period of George II Historical Relevance:- The Kit-Cat Club was an early 18th-century English club in London with strong political and literary associations. Members of the club were committed Whigs and they met at the Trumpet Tavern in London and at Water Oakley in the Berkshire countryside. The name and style of the glass come from period paintings that depict the gentlemen at the club drinking and partying with this style of glass... although I'm sure they probably used any glass that came to hand.